Cylon?s -- <i>[Battlestar Galactica]? (according to the novelizations, Cylons were simply humanoid aliens wearing mechanical armor. Don't know if this was true in the TV show, but this is the literature page...)</i> The way I remember this is... The decision was made to make the Cylons inorganic robots for TV because of rules existing at the time specifying a maximum number of people who could be killed on TV per hour. If the Cylons were machines, we could blow away thousands of them, no problem! I think the leader of the Cylons was supposed to have been the last remaining organic Cylon of the race who originally built them. Maybe this page should be renamed Robots in fiction or [Robots in Science Fiction]?. That would cover books, films and TV. --STG :So would "Literature", theoretically. Input requested: Which should it be, "Literature" or "Fiction"? |
So add 'em to the page, already. :-)
Serious objection here or just goofing on us?? I'm certainly willing to listen to this if serious. Thanks.
Behold! Page has been renamed Robots in literature. Thanks for your input.
Second that motion! (Lots of robot stories in the late 30s for some reason; curious what was in the air then. My guesses would be that the Depression, Taylorism?, and changes in industrial production would have to have been an influence, but would defer to someone more knowledgeable about the period.) - RjLesch.
Cylon?s -- <i>[Battlestar Galactica]? (according to the novelizations, Cylons were simply humanoid aliens wearing mechanical armor. Don't know if this was true in the TV show, but this is the literature page...)</i>
The way I remember this is... The decision was made to make the Cylons inorganic robots for TV because of rules existing at the time specifying a maximum number of people who could be killed on TV per hour. If the Cylons were machines, we could blow away thousands of them, no problem! I think the leader of the Cylons was supposed to have been the last remaining organic Cylon of the race who originally built them.
Maybe this page should be renamed Robots in fiction or [Robots in Science Fiction]?. That would cover books, films and TV. --STG